Earlier, the Ash, Eva and others had a discussion which resulted in this meal to give Ch'ang O a taste of these vegetables, all in order to further their cooperation for the future.
Ch'ang O and Anderson took note of the dishes on the table. In addition to the roasted lighting
rabbit meat, the fire fish, and the magic radishes, there were also some vegetables that they were unfamiliar with. Not only that, but the cooking method seemed to also be a little special.
Soon all the meals were served. These were very special dishes. Ch'ang O carefully looked over the table, but she found that she didn't know what cuisine this was.
Anderson was also frowning at the dishes. To tell the truth, he considered himself very knowledgable, but the food on the table was something he had never seen before.
Anderson shook his head, and Ch'ang O understood that he was saying he had never seen such dishes before, which made her feel even more curious.
Ash saw the look on Ch'ang O's face and slightly chuckled. "Come, Miss Ch'ang O, Mister Anderson, lady Nier. Try it. These are our specialties."
"Then I'll be polite," Ch'ang O said. "Honestly, this is the first time I have seen such big fire fish."
"Miss likes to eat fire fish, but we didn't expect that we could eat it here. Mister Sasuke, do you have a lot of experience raising fire fish?" Anderson asked.
Temptation!
Everyone knew what Anderson was really asking for, but didn't get angry. In fact, he was waiting for them to give in to their temptation to ask. "Not really. We just came here for the hot springs. I like hot springs, so we stayed, and raised the fire fish as an afterthought. Unfortunately, the environment here stops us from raising a lot."
Not raising a lot? Anderson and Ch'ang O couldn't help but recall the dense amount of fire fish they saw in the hot spring's ditch. There was a point where modesty could go too far.
Anderson frowned. "Mister Sasuke, may I take the liberty to ask, did you bring these fire fish from somewhere else? Because I remember the last time I came here to Bule Hill Mountain, there were very few small fire fish in the hot springs, but now they're bigger and there are so much more. Even if you are raising fire fish, it would be impossible to raise that many in such a short time."
Ch'ang O knew why Anderson was asking this. Ash had only come to Blue Hills Mountain not too long ago, so there was no way he could raise so many fire fish. The only explanation was that he must have brought them from elsewhere. But where? Maybe his answer would tell them where he came from.
Ash shook his head. "I'm sorry, Mister Anderson. It's a secret." It was clear that he refused to answer, like he was saying, I will not tell you and you will not find out.
At once, Andersonsaid, "I'm sorry, Mister Sasuke. I was being rude."
"Don't worry about it." Ash waved it off, then he smiled, "Now try our vegetables before they go cold."
Ch'ang O and her group politely picked up their knives and forks, ready to taste the dishes on the table.
Ch'ang O and her group noticed the way Ash using eating and talking, everything had a noble aura. It's almost as if Ash was a real. Noble. This made Ch'ang O and Anderson think about Ash's identity once again.
Ash was wearing the Orichimaru waist-covering and rope underneath it, and his collar sticks out from the cloak. Which he bought from the system. Ash also changed his face to a ordinary ninja's face.
Seeing as Ash wasn't speaking, Ch'ang O and Anderson focused on eating. Soon they didn't feel bored because the things they were eating really were delicious.
They had never tasted food like this before. It was completely different than what you could find on the Atlanta Continent.
Ch'ang O had high requirements when it comes to what she ate. Whether it was cooking methods or ingredients, she was very demanding.
Part of the Markey Company's business was selling vegetables and other types of food. Naturally, they must have the ability to assess the quality of vegetables. After all, the Markey Company's biggest customers weren't the commoners, but the nobility.
The most important thing to nobles when it came to food was that they must taste good. When Ch'ang O did any business related to food, usually she would personally taste it herself.
In the Continent, their cooking methods weren't really worth mentioning, but their quality of ingredients was high, otherwise there would be no distinction between ordinary vegetables and magic vegetables.
In addition to increasing magic power, magic vegetables also tasted a lot better than ordinary vegetables.
It was precisely because of this that Ch'ang O became very interested about the food on the table. Not only were the cooking methods good, but each dish also had high quality ingredients.
In the beginning, Ch'ang O didn't even want to try the dish that was made from magic radishes. In her opinion, magic radishes were the lowest level of magic vegetables, so she simply wasn't interested in eating it. But out of politeness, she ate one and found that it was the most delicious magic radish she ever had. The taste was pure and crisp. It was simply the best.
Even the lighting rabbit had a unique and delicious taste. The lighting rabbit meat was very rich in magic, almost 2 times than a ordinary lighting rabbit.
Ch'ang O couldn't help but feel taken aback. She tried all the other dishes and everything was delicious. The most important one was the fire fish. She had eaten fire fish before, so this dish shouldn't be more delicious than any of the other ones she had tried in the past, but it was. It was so good that she couldn't stop herself from eating two portions.
The atmosphere around the table was good with everyone thoroughly enjoying themselves.
Once lunch was over, they all went back into the living room. Meg and Eva provided everyone with a cup of tea. It was then that Ash turned to Ch'ang O and said, "Miss Ch'ang O, you know, if you hadn't come to me, I would have gone to see you."
Ch'ang O was surprised for a moment, not knowing why he would want to meet her, but then she quickly asked, "What can I do for you, Mister Sasuke?"
"It's no big deal. It's just I have a territory. As a result, a large amount of vegetables, crops and meat is produced every month. plus I'm a black mage so it's hard to earn money for my family and people. I want to ask if Miss Ch'ang O can help me with that."
Ch'ang O was surprised, did not Ash to ask such thing from her. Although the times she had been in contact with Ash was short, she had imagined that he was a somewhat arrogant man. His pride was something that was deep in his bones. Such people weren't likely to open up to her about their lack of money, and would try to solve their problems by themselves.
"What do you mean?" Ch'ang O asked. She was still not sure what Ash's idea was.
"I want your cooperation in some business, Miss Ch'ang O. I don't know whether or not you are willing."
Ch'ang Os'neyes were shining. "Are you talking about selling those fire fish?"
Ash gave a slight chuckle. " I can only sell about two thousand and five hundred a month to you. What I'm talking about is otherbusinesses : magic radishes, lighting rabbit."
Ash had planned to getting Ch'ang O trust with his few products. Then slowly introduce other vegetables in the market. Ash was confident that his crops and meats had high concentration magic in it, even few times better than ordinary vegetables and meats.
"Magic radishes, lighting rabbit meats? Well, if you're planning to sell a lot, then that is no problem. We of the Markey Company could endure it." Ch'ang O was justified in saying this because magic radishes weren't precious things. And Lighting rabbit had a high demand in the market. The price was suitable for both coommers and nobles.
Ash stared at Ch'ang O and said, "Miss, I would like to know if you can endure how much magic radishes I'm going to sell per month. As for the quality of the magic radishes, you just have to taste it."
He placed a magic radish on the table.
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Name:- Ash Anderson
Wealth:- 96.9 million BCG
Chakra reserve:- Low ANBU rank
Powers:-
Tenseigan
Rasengan
Shadow Clone Jutsu
First five gates of the eight inner gates
Ruler's Authority
Shadow Extraction
Shadow Preservation
Shadow Exchange
Monarch's Domain
Longevity
Immunity
Detoxification
Tenacity
Immense amount of strength
Chidori
Lightning Release Chakra Mode
Wood release
Flying Thunder God
Total Shadows:- 11,600